BUSINESS CYCLES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PUNISHMENT

SAMUEL L. MYERS; WILLIAM J. SABOL

doi:10.1111/j.1465-7287.1987.tb00271.x

BUSINESS CYCLES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PUNISHMENT

SAMUEL L. MYERS, WILLIAM J. SABOL

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

10 Scopus citations

Abstract

Deeply rooted historical patterns allow us to make a correlation between imprisonment and unemployment and the marginalization of blacks. This paper examines the interrelationships among criminal activity, punishment, and cycles of the economic system based on the influence of political and economic forces on forming penal policies. The penal system is viewed as a device by which labor market fluctuations can be regulated. We examine differences between blacks and whites and between the North and the South to arrive at this paper's thesis: that race provides the link among economic cycles, employment, and crime.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	46-58
Number of pages	13
Journal	Contemporary Economic Policy
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.1987.tb00271.x
State	Published - Oct 1987

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access

10.1111/j.1465-7287.1987.tb00271.x

OpenUrl availability

Full text

Cite this

@article{4182279b7cbc4e47b756ebf3bb4c959d,

title = "BUSINESS CYCLES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PUNISHMENT",

abstract = "Deeply rooted historical patterns allow us to make a correlation between imprisonment and unemployment and the marginalization of blacks. This paper examines the interrelationships among criminal activity, punishment, and cycles of the economic system based on the influence of political and economic forces on forming penal policies. The penal system is viewed as a device by which labor market fluctuations can be regulated. We examine differences between blacks and whites and between the North and the South to arrive at this paper's thesis: that race provides the link among economic cycles, employment, and crime.",

author = "MYERS, {SAMUEL L.} and SABOL, {WILLIAM J.}",

year = "1987",

month = oct,

doi = "10.1111/j.1465-7287.1987.tb00271.x",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "5",

pages = "46--58",

journal = "Contemporary Economic Policy",

issn = "1074-3529",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - BUSINESS CYCLES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PUNISHMENT

AU - MYERS, SAMUEL L.

AU - SABOL, WILLIAM J.

PY - 1987/10

Y1 - 1987/10

N2 - Deeply rooted historical patterns allow us to make a correlation between imprisonment and unemployment and the marginalization of blacks. This paper examines the interrelationships among criminal activity, punishment, and cycles of the economic system based on the influence of political and economic forces on forming penal policies. The penal system is viewed as a device by which labor market fluctuations can be regulated. We examine differences between blacks and whites and between the North and the South to arrive at this paper's thesis: that race provides the link among economic cycles, employment, and crime.

AB - Deeply rooted historical patterns allow us to make a correlation between imprisonment and unemployment and the marginalization of blacks. This paper examines the interrelationships among criminal activity, punishment, and cycles of the economic system based on the influence of political and economic forces on forming penal policies. The penal system is viewed as a device by which labor market fluctuations can be regulated. We examine differences between blacks and whites and between the North and the South to arrive at this paper's thesis: that race provides the link among economic cycles, employment, and crime.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84982585846&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84982585846&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1987.tb00271.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1987.tb00271.x

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84982585846

SN - 1074-3529

VL - 5

SP - 46

EP - 58

JO - Contemporary Economic Policy

JF - Contemporary Economic Policy

IS - 4

ER -

BUSINESS CYCLES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PUNISHMENT

Abstract

UN SDGs

Access

OpenUrl availability

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this